Southern Living

One of the five most haunted places in the South. “Slag” has stuck around, one of many ghosts wandering around the defunct Sloss Furnaces, sometimes playing with machinery, sometimes just doing some classic haunting.

“Do you get anything else, like a name?” Patti asked me. “Samuel,” I answered quickly. Suddenly, Patti gasped and said, “Look at your hand!” There was fresh blood on my palm and yet, on close inspection, we found no visible sign – a cut or an injury – for the source of the blood.